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Actinolite from
Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit; Patented Placer Claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine), Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA

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Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit; Patented Placer Claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine), Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA
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Description
Comments:Actinolite after diopside (uralite), crystals 2.4 cm long. Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, specimen #TM 50188; C.E. Raines, photo.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Minerals of Colorado, photo 2, 1997, Edwin B. Eckel; Rocks & Min.: 22:16.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit; Patented Placer Claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine), Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA
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